Unlike you, I LOVE hearing from people in my past on Facebook. But that’s a personal account and I don’t try to keep up with everything on it.

You’re definitely ahead of game. I didn’t set up anything until I sold my first book. Sad I know. Social networking is all about personal preference. And each site attracts different audiences.

I will probably ignore Twitter as an author. I have one for my 9-5 and its just really impersonal to me. I feel like I’m shouting at people or throwing up billboard signs. And at times its hard to follow people. We follow the local newspaper and Parks and Recr. Those two just spam the entire page, I can’t keep up at times. So, I just leave or tweet from my Blackberry. LOL. And I’m going to take a look at Hootsuite to help generate Tweets in advance for all our local events and such.

Don’t feel pressured to sign up for Myspace, I didn’t sign up for Facebook for my author page until two weeks ago and I haven’t written or updated anything over there other than uploading my book covers and a few photos. I think its because I already maintain 2 profiles and 2 fan/group pages and I just don’t want to have to maintain anything else.

That’s great you signed up for Ping. I LOVE IT! That little profile saves me a ton of time and energy duplicating the same message over and over again.

Again, thank you for devoting your time and energy – and promotional space of your blog – to helping poor, computer nimrods like me! I find your approach user friendly and have benefited from your tutoring lessons.

Being an aspiring writer, I have slowly started setting up different accounts that I will be able to activate when I get closer to my goal.

I am getting my name out with Twitter (touching base with other established authors, readers of M/M and certain editors of the publishing houses I am looking at).

I have started establishing myself on YouTube and RadioTalk Blog (just in the beginning stages)

I have bought my domain name and my e-mail name and am in the process of setting up a website on GoDaddy.

I have set up a Live Journal account but it confuses the hell out of me, so I use it basically to keep track of authors who blog on there.

I have completed a social network on Ping and a yahoo group – but haven’t launched them yet (again, just putting my ducks in a row – I need something to do that is geared toward my writing when I am taking a breather away from writing words).

Three days ago, I signed into Face Book, but haven’t done anything yet. The same day, I signed up for Ping fm (haven’t done anything there yet.)

I haven’t set up a MySpace account yet (was planning to). BUT now I am wondering…

QUESTION:

If I don’t already have something on MySpace – and it’s seems like this site is on a downward spiral, do you think I should invest my time in creating something there?

I see the feasibility of a continued update if you are already established. However, with me starting out, I believe I could use my time more efficiently and effectively by not joining MySpace at this time.

Am I thinking along the right tracks? Or am I totally off base?

I am also gonna post this on the yahoo group – but I’m extremely interested in your opinion.

Thanking you in advance.